jayjg wrote:
Look, you didn't step in when the rhetoric and insults started flying, so I'm having a difficult time taking it seriously when you suddenly want me to stop *my* responses. Deal with Joe and Sheldon, then come to me when you've calmed them down.
Well, I started with you because that's who I was trying to talk to about a potential policy. Had I been discussing things with them and noticed similar issues, I'm sure I would have spoken up. I often do.
However, I confess to having skimmed more of their stuff, because I already understand their position. It's the other position, the not-BADSITES-but-superficially-similar position that I'm trying to get a handle on.
Further, I believe they're in this because they seriously believe that their position is important to Wikipedia's future, and are spending time on this because the outcome matters to them. You, on the other hand, say you're just having a discussion, and so I'd expect you to be more willing to de-escalate things, if for no other reason than consideration to the rest of us.
But if there are particular things that you feel Joe or Sheldon are doing that are inappropriate, feel free to drop me a line off list, hopefully with some links to the archive or some text snippets so that I can search my copies, and I'll be glad to try to mediate where I think I can help.
Thanks,
William